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Thomas wakes up
in a metal lift, only remembering his name. A group of boys pull him out and
tell him he is in the Glade, the part of the
maze they live in. Thomas discovers that theGladers have been trying to
solve the Maze for two years. He also finds out that the Maze is inhabited by
monsters called Grievers, which are half-animal, half-machine creatures that
are extremely dangerous. However, they only come at night. He finds out that at
night time, the walls of the Maze, called the Doors, close to protect the
Gladers from the Grievers outside. Thomas is the main protagonist of the
series.
He makes a friend named Chuck, and an enemy, Gally.
While Thomas has no memory of Gally, Gally has endured the Changing and claims
that he knew Thomas and that Thomas is evil. The Changing is a process that
occurs when someone is stung by a Griever, one of the sinister creatures that
inhabits the maze. The Changing causes almost unbearable pain, but also gives
the Gladers back a piece of their memories.
As a Greenie, Thomas has much to learn. In the first
day, only a newer Glader named Chuck reaches out. Survival in
the Glade requires following some harsh rules learned from necessity. Each day
"Greenbean" Thomas will have to train with a different Keeper,
(Keepers lead the different work divisions and are the highest members of the
Glade). Despite his lack of memory, (and contrary to advice), Thomas
feels a strange urge to become a Runner - one of the boys who explores the Maze
and tries to find a way around the perverts.
The next day, a girl arrives in the Glade via the
lift, which is unusual first for being off schedule and then because the Glade
comprises only boys. She says that " Everything is going to change"
before going into a coma. There is also a note in her hand, which says
that :" She is the last one. Ever."
Thomas then sees Minho, the Head of the Runners, and
Alby, the Leader of the Gladers, struggling to make it back out of the Maze
before the Doors close for the night. Alby has been stung by a Griever and is
barely conscious. Thomas breaks one of the Glade's number one rules and
steps out into the Maze, hoping to help Minho and Alby. However, all three get
stuck outside the Glade, and think they are going to die, because no one has
survived the Grievers before.
Minho panics and runs off. However, Thomas ties
Alby up on the wall to protect him from the Grievers. He then diverts the
Grievers away from Alby. Minho reappears and both of them trick the Grievers
into jumping off the Cliff, thereby surviving the night in the Maze.
In awe of their survival, the Council of Keepers nonetheless
agrees it must judge Thomas for all the trouble and rule breaking he has
brought them, and consider his punishment. Gally must leave the Council meeting
after actively threatening to kill Thomas. The remaining Council decides Thomas
can stay and that, after he accepts some punishment, he should become a Runner
and Minho will train him.
Minho teaches Thomas what the Runners do in the Maze,
especially map-making. He tells Thomas that all the Runners make maps for the
section they are assigned to. They then study the Maps and try to figure
something out. Thomas also discovers that he can talk to the girl
telepathically, and finds out that her name is Teresa. She wakes up one day,
and says that she was triggered the Ending.
The very same day, the skies turn gray and the Doors
stop closing, thereby condemning the Gladers to the mercy of the Grievers.
Gally shows up that night when the Grievers attack and says that the Grievers
will only kill one person a night, then jumps on a Griever and is carried away.
Thomas, Teresa, Minho and Newt then figure out that the Maze spells a code, and
find out what the code is using the Maps of the different sections.
Thomas gets stung by a Griever on purpose, and goes
through the Changing. He gets back some of his memories, and tells the Gladers
what he learned. He tells them that the only way out of the Maze is through the
Griever Hole, over the Cliff where the Grievers live. Then, most of the Gladers
decide to follow through with the plan, and they prepare to go into the Maze
that day. They then fight the Grievers at the Cliff, so that Thomas, Teresa,
and Chuck can get into the Griever Hole and punch in the code. Half of the
Gladers die fighting the Grievers, but after Teresa enters the Code that stops
the Grievers, the remaining 20 manage to escape through the Griever Hole and
open the door out of the Maze.
The surviving Gladers find themselves in a chamber and
meet the Creators, the people who sent them to the Maze. A woman comes out and
tells them that they passed the Maze Trials, however that there is one Variable
left. Suddenly Gally appears and throws a knife at Thomas. Chuck dives in front
of Thomas, sacrificing himself to save Thomas. Thomas breaks down and cries,
because he had promised Chuck that he would take him home, and then knocks out
Gally. A group of people, the Rescuers, burst into the chamber, kill the
Creators, and tell the Gladers to run with them into the real
world. As they all rush onto a bus with the Rescuers, a sore-riddled
woman attacks Thomas; the driver runs over the woman with the bus.
One of the Rescuers then explains to Thomas and Teresa
why they were put into the Maze. She says that when Sun Flares slammed into the
Earth, countless miles became wastelands and millions of people died instantly.
Then came a sickness called the Flare. She explains that the physical effects
of the Flare, such as sores, are caused by something else, but the Flare lives
in their brains, and causes them to slowly go crazy, finally consuming them and
causing them to lose their humanity. Everything the Gladers went through was a
test, planned out and their reactions recorded, all in an attempt at finding
youth capable of helping to beat the Flare.
The Gladers are then housed in a building and they
think they are finally safe. The next book starts the next day.
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